Arctic Program
NOAA’s Arctic Vision and Strategy
November 15, 2016
Provides a high-level framework and six strategic goals to address NOAA’s highest priorities in the region.
NOAA’s Arctic Action Plan
November 8, 2016
In 2014, President Obama released a plan for moving forward on his national strategy to advance U.S. security and stewardship interests in the Arctic. In keeping with the goals and tenets of his strategy, NOAA released its Arctic Action Plan—a document that provides NOAA scientists, stakeholders and partners a roadmap to make shared progress in monitoring, understanding, and protecting this vast, valuable, and vulnerable region.